Emergency crews sent to motorcycle crash at I-580 at Fairview and 2 other accidents
Submitted by editor on Mon, 08/31/2015 - 6:17pm
UPDATE TUESDAY NOON: Nevada Highway Patrol reports Tuesday the motorcycle rider who crashed his bike Monday evening near the ramp at I-580 and Fairview had non-life threatening injuries. NHP also reports there were no injuries on a single-vehicle Jeep accident that flipped in the area of Spooner Junction.
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UPDATE: Three accidents happened within a span of 20 minutes tonight keeping Carson City Fire Department crews busy. An adult male motorcycle rider was flown to Renown Medical Center in Reno following a single-vehicle crash that happened under the overpass on I-580 at Fairview, said Jason Danen, Carson City Fire Department Acting Battalion Chief. The rider's condition is unknown at this time.
The motorcycle crash was reported just before 7 p.m. NHP is investigating. A second crash happened a few minutes later at the intersection of College Parkway and Ormsby and involved three vehicles, said Danen. No injuries were reported.
A third wreck was reported at 7:18 p.m. in which a Jeep rolled over and went into a fence at the bottom of Spooner Junction at Highway 50. The motorist was not injured, said Danen.
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Emergency crews responded and Care Flight has been called out tonight to a motorcycle accident in the area of I-580 and Fairview in the northbound lane. The accident was reported at 6:57 p.m. Meanwhile, at 7:18 p.m. emergency crews were called to the area of Spooner Junction for a Jeep that went through a fence, according to dispatch.
The motorcycle crash on I-580 is being investigated by the Nevada Highway Patrol. The rider was flown by Care Flight to the trauma ward at Renown Medical Center in Reno. Crews who responded to the reported crash near Spooner Junction told dispatch the vehicle went into a fence. The driver was not injured, according to first responders at the scene.
Emergency crews were also called just before 7 p.m. to an accident in the area of College Parkway and Ormsby. No injuries were reported, according to NHP.
We will provide updates on the accidents as it becomes available.
